I Will Follow You Into The Dark || Jegulus

76. Please Please Please

"You have to talk to Remus. You have barely talked since your fight." James said to Sirius. It had been weeks since Regulus's birthday now, and James was missing Remus. Everyone was missing Remus. "He's still our friend, and I want to see him. So whatever you are postponing, get it over with, please. I know you two both struggle with communication but you have to at some point."

Even Peter had started to complain about his lack of Remus exposure. "I feel like I'm getting dumber by the hour." He said.

"I think you might just be dumb" Sirius replied.

But now it was becoming an issue. There was an obvious hole in the marauders, and with the next full moon coming up, it was urgent that they make up. If Remus feels like he can't come over to the Potter's, that could spell disaster. The Potter's house had a safe room for Remus go transform in, where he can't escape or hurt anyone during them, but at his home, he doesn't have any of that. At his home, he has parents that get more and more terrified every day approaching the full moon. When it got close to the moon, Remus would just start spending every night sleeping with Sirius in his room, but with their feud, Remus hasn't even visited once.

"I know." Was all Sirius said to James. "I love him, I just- he's going to want to talk about it. I don't want to talk about it. Or about what happened at Regulus's party. I just can't right now." Sirius buried his face in his hands. He was sitting on the couch in the Potter's living room next to James. Regulus was out hanging out with Pandora and some of the other girls who decided to drag him along.

"You know darling," Effie popped her head into the living room, "Remus is really good for you. I've noticed. You are more comfortable and open around him, and you're tense and closed off whenever you are away from him for a while. I think being around him would be good for you, even if you're worried. You don't have to talk about your feelings just yet, you can tell him that, y'know. I know he'll understand. He loves you." She said before carrying on with her daily chores.

"Thanks Effie"

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Remus hated it at his parents house. He wouldn't call it home, because for as long as he can remember, it had never been a home. He thinks the only reason he hasn't been disowned and sent to an orphanage was because his father was worried what people might think. If he sent Remus off to who knows where, someone is bound to find out he is a werewolf, and if the news got out, that would be bad rep on Lyall lupin's reputation.

After getting to know Barty crouch Jr. A little bit, Remus began to see the similarities between him and Barty, at least when it came to their home lives. Barty ended up insane because of it, but at least he wasn't a monster.

Day by day, Remus could see his parents growing warier of him. His mother tiptoes around him like he will turn into a werewolf and attack her at any moment, and his father grows angrier at every passing day.

He couldn't do anything though. He desperately wanted to go to James,or Regulus, or to Sirius and forget about all his problems, but Sirius wanted a break. That was okay. Sirius needed some space. Remus could survive that.

But day by day, everything got worse. Sometimes he was angry. Angry was an understatement. Not at anyone in particular. Not Sirius for the prank, or for what he said about werewolves. Not at Voldemort and the death eaters that ruined Regulus's birthday, not at his parents who were abusive and neglectful his entire life. But maybe at himself. He was the common denominator in all of this. Remus was the issue and he knew it.

So he locked himself in his room for days on end. He refused to leave, even for meals, which wasn't hard because his father refused to let him eat dinner with the family anyway.